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WILLIAM FRANCIS DENLIS, OF COTTONWOOD, CALIFORNIA.

BALING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,842, dated November8, 1887. l Application led August 18, 1887. Serial No. 247,296. (Nomodel.) y C .To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FRANCIS DEN- LIs7 a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cottonwood, in the county of Shasta and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses,of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to improvements in baling-presses; and it consistsincertain novel features of the operating mechanism, as will behereinafter first fully described, and then vone end, as shown, and C Cdesignate two braces which extend from the end of the extended portionof the base to the upper ends of two standards, D D, erected on oppositesides of the extended portion of the base at the` end of the main orbody portion of the press, as shown. The extended portion of the base isprovided with a central longitudinal slot, E, and on its upper side,just beyond the outer end of the said slot, is secured a bracket, F,-which has one arm secured to the base and its other arm extending upwardsubstantially parallel to the braces C C. To the upper end of thisinclined arm of the bracket I pivotally connect one end of atoggle-lever, G, the opposite end of which is pivotally connected to therear side of the plunger H, moving in the baling-chamber.Thetoggle-leveris composed of two part-s hinged together, and it isprovided with two grooved pulleys, I I, which are arranged on itsopposite sides at the hinged connection of its part-s.

J J designate two ropes, which are secured at one end to the transversebolt or rod K, secured in the braces C C, and thence extend down underand around the pulleys I I, and then upward to the enlarged curved end Lof the operating-lever M, around which they pass and to which they aresecured. This operating-lever is fulcrumed at or near its enlarged endupon abolt o r rod, N, secured transversely `in the upper ends of thestandards D D.

O designates arope, which has one end connected to the extremity of theoperating-lever, and then extends downward under and around a pulley orroller, P, at the end of the base of the press, and then extendsoutward, to be attached to an engine or other source of power.

Q designates a check-rope, which has its opposite ends secured to theoperating-lever and the braces C C, respectively; and R designates acoiled spring, which has its opposite ends secured to the toggle-levernear its joint and to the base near the outer end ofthe slot E.

In operation the hay is placed in the balingchamber of the press in theusual manner. Power is then applied to the rope Oto depress the outerend of the operating-lever, thereby elevating the inner end and drawingon the ropes ,J J, which will straighten and extend the toggle-lever,thereby forcing the plunger into the baling-chamber. The power is nowremoved from the rope O, and the spring R draws the several parts backto their normal position. The check-rope Q prevents the operating-leverl being carried too far upward, and holds it in the proper position fora repetition of the former operation.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s l 1. In a baling-press, the combination of thebraces, the operatinglever, the bracket arranged between the lower endsof the braces, the toggle-lever arranged below the operatinglever andconnected to said bracket and to the plunger, ropes connected to theoperatinglever and to the braces to extend the togglelever, and a springto return said lever to its normal position, as set forth.

2. In a baling-press, the combination ofthe braces, the operating-leverfulcrumed at the upper ends of said braces, the check-rope secured tothe operating-lever and to the braces, the bracket arranged between thelower ends of the braces, the toggle-lever secured to said bracketand tothe plunger, the return-spring, and the ropes secured to theoperating-lever and to the braces to extend the toggle-lever,substantially as set forth. g

3. The combination of the braces, the operating-lever, the check-rope,the toggle-lever IOL) having pulleys on opposite sides of its hinge, Intestimony that I ciaim the foregoing as the ropes having their oppositeends secured, my own I have hereto afixed my signature respectively tothe operating-lever and to the l in presence of two Witnesses. bracesabove the toggle-lever, their interme- WILLIAM FRANCIS DENLIS.

5 diate portions passing around the pulleys on l Witnesses:

the toggieiever, and the returnspring, subi H. H. SHUFFLETON, stantiailyas speeied. W. F. PRICE.

